
doi: 10.1137/0212013
We present a geometric method for studying concurrency control by locking. When there are only two transactions, our method yields an exact characterization of safe locking policies and also of deadlock-free locking policies. Our results can be extended to more than two transactions, but in that case the problem becomes NP-complete.
safety, concurrency control, transaction, Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity, two-phase locking, Theory of operating systems, Information storage and retrieval of data, data base, geometry of locking
safety, concurrency control, transaction, Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity, two-phase locking, Theory of operating systems, Information storage and retrieval of data, data base, geometry of locking
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